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heavenskisses
heavenskisses

What effect did Renesmee's bite have on Bella when Edward placed the baby on her chest.

I understood Renesmee to be non-venomous, so I assumed that Bella was dying from the trauma of giving birth not from Renesmee's bite.   Is this correct?

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Posted by heavenskisses on Friday May 1, 2009 at 8:54 PM and tagged with character, literature, twilight.

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  1. dbrooks22
    dbrooks22 Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    This is correct. However, at the time Bella was not aware of this. Only later when asked by the Volturi did Bella realize that Renesmee was not venomous. Bella was dying from giving birth to Renesmee because her body could not take the trauma of the baby being ripped from her body. This is why Edward stood by ready to inject Bella's heart with his own venom and why immediately bit her in as many places as he could, to keep her from dying. 

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    Posted by dbrooks22 on Saturday May 2, 2009 at 12:03 PM

  2. zales90
    zales90 Student

    yes. you are. Bella was losing an extreme amount of blood and her body was already so fragile and weak. Other then pain Renesmee bite did not do anything to Bella.

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    Posted by zales90 on Thursday May 7, 2009 at 12:41 PM